Locator guides users to cameras and transmitters.

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Featuring multi-directional antenna technology, NaviTrack Scout(TM) uses 4 distinct sonde frequencies to locate cameras and remote transmitters while eliminating nulls and false peaks. It can be used to trace 3 line trace frequencies as well as passive ac. Unit includes digital readout with micro-mapping display. Display panel shows digital strength, sonde/lone trace frequency, depth over target, battery strength, and target's field angle.



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New RIDGID® Scout Designed for Easy and Accurate Locating of Cameras and Remote Transmitters



ELYRIA, OHIO - November 2004 - The Ridge Tool Company has recently added the NaviTrack Scout(TM) to its line of locators. Using the same revolutionary, multi-directional antenna technology found in the full-featured NaviTrack(TM), the Scout(TM) allows even inexperienced users to locate cameras and remote transmitters with more confidence.

The new Scout locator is designed to solve the most demanding camera and remote transmitter (sonde) locates. Regardless of how the unit is held, the Scout guides operators to the target quickly and easily by maximizing signal strength. Scout eliminates the nulls and false peaks that make locating with conventional locators difficult.

Weighing less than 3 pounds, the Scout is lightweight and well-balanced. It has four distinct sonde frequencies to locate almost any camera or remote transmitter. In addition, Scout can be used to trace three line trace frequencies as well as passive AC. Scout has a digital readout with a micro-mapping display for locating the target faster and more accurately. Easy-to-read icons in the display panel help the user verify the locate. The display panel also shows the user digital signal strength, sonde/line trace frequency, depth over the target, battery strength, and the target's field angle.

Other product features include: automatic backlight display, a protective screen guard, a multi-directional antenna ball, a bubble level, a textured and well-balanced handle, and a speaker.

The introduction of Scout allows users to benefit from Ridge Tool Company's unique locating technology. With the introduction of Scout, Ridge Tool now offers a full line of products utilizing the multi-directional locating technology developed in the RIDGID NaviTrack.

"The new Scout is an ideal tool for users locating SeeSnakes and other remote transmitters, who occasionally need to locate energized lines," said Mark Fleming, product manager, RIDGID/Kollmann products.

Like all RIDGID products, the new line locator is backed by the RIDGID lifetime warranty.

Ridge Tool Company, a leading manufacturer of hand and power tools, markets its products in more than 130 countries. The company's broad offering includes threading and drain cleaning machines, and more than 300 types of tools serving the rental, plumbing, HVAC/R, industrial, electrical, petroleum, institutional, commercial and hardware markets. Ridge Tool is a subsidiary of St. Louis, Missouri-based Emerson.

For additional information on the NaviTrack Scout locator, please visit our web site at ridgid.com/navitrack, call toll free: 1-800-796-7743, or contact Ridge Tool Company,
400 Clark St., Elyria, Ohio 44036 U.S.A.

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